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Tomorrow will be the start of Indie Pattern Month 2016, a celebration of the sewing community and independent sewing patterns! This year, Deer&Doe is a sponsor for the Hack It! contest, which will take place June 15th to 21st and encourages you to mix and tweak your favorite patterns. You have a chance to win […]

On today’s menu: a mini-tutorial, quick and easy! The Zéphyr dress features a cute short skater skirt. You want to lengthen it? No problem! Trace the skirt pattern piece (#6) in your size on a new sheet of tracing paper. With a ruler, extend the center and side lines of the desired amount. Use a […]

After going through our method to do a full bust adjustment on the Zéphyr dress yesterday, let’s look into small bust adjustments, or SBA! Unlike the widespread method for bust adjustments on princess seams where full bust and small bust adjustments follow different steps, our method can be used both ways. The SBA will thus […]

You want to make the Zéphyr dress, but you think you might need a full bust adjustment and you don’t know how to do one on a princess-seamed bodice? Let us walk you through the Deer and Doe method! Zéphyr is a knit dress, so it can be more forgiving than woven dresses when it […]

Lupin is a very versatile jacket, which can work as well with a vintage-inspired outfit than as part of a streetwear look. Here are a few pointers on how to wear it! With its modern shape, Lupin will be the perfect companion of  romantic silhouettes and will bring them a rock’n’roll flair. It will also […]